ZIMBABWE football association (ZIFA) says it has fired chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya amid investigations into alleged match-fixing that implicates a string of the country's top players, coaches and administrators.

ZIFA legal adviser Ralph Maganga said Rushwaya had been found guilty by the association's disciplinary body on charges of "conduct inconsistent with her duties, mismanagement and insubordination".

Maganga said match-fixing charges against her relating to the national team's Asian tour last December had been withdrawn pending further investigation.

In sworn statements, national team players and officials have said they were paid between $500 and $1,500 to throw matches for an Asian betting syndicate on a trip to Thailand and Malaysia.

They face lifetime bans, threatening the future of professional football in the troubled nation.

Rushwaya, who was suspended in July on suspicion of fixing matches in the Malaysia tournament, referred all questions to her lawyer who said he would comment on her sacking "later".

She was, however, found guilty of requesting a loan of $103,000 from Zimbabwe's sports commission, money which is now unaccounted for, Maganga said.

ZIFA said Rushwaya sent the national team to play in matches against Thailand, Syria and a Malaysian club without the permission of its board or the country's sports commission, who must authorise foreign trips by Zimbabwe teams.

Rushwaya also allowed former Zimbabwe champions Monomotapa to go to Malaysia last year masquerading as the national team.

"She even gave them national team kit," Maganga said.

"The possibility of criminal charges is now a matter for the ZIFA board to decide but there are allegations that border on criminality which need to be looked at."